{"id":1181,"date":"2009-07-28T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2009-07-28T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T14:32:00","slug":"gallimaufry-with-ancestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1181","title":{"rendered":"Gallimaufry with Ancestors"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 From Svartes\u00f3l, five ways of communicating with the gods<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Paula Jean West has a round-up of posts on Pagan festival etiquette<\/a>. But needing a wi-fi hotspot? I thought some people went to festivals to get away from all that. Write some columns in advance–that’s the traditional way of dealing with that issue.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Caroline Kenner’s guest post at the Wild Hunt on ancestors <\/a>(i.e., the Mighty Dead) is worth reading. It’s a bit long for a blog post–but as a guest, she did not have the luxury of breaking it into three parts.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Graduating from college, Annyikha offers her long hair to Artemis and Athene<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A personal protection spell for handguns<\/a>. The “witch who lives in the woods alone<\/a>” probably would approve.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This week’s best search words that brought a visitor to this blog: “you tube videos secret witchcraft threats.” If they were truly secret, would they be on YouTube? Some people have such trust in the InterWebz. It’s sort of touching.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Actually, maybe this post is too long<\/a>. I would look more productive if I made a separate post out of each bullet point, wouldn’t I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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